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Words that rhyme withhorror

feminine
Masculine

Ends on a stressed syllable — a one-syllable rhyme, or a multisyllable word whose primary stress lands last. The rhyme hits the final beat, the way most rhymes in songs do.

Examples

love · dove · today · believe · forgot

Feminine this word

Ends with an unstressed syllable trailing the stressed one — always at least two syllables. The rhyme lands a beat earlier and trails off softly.

Examples

river · mother · follow · breaking · mountain

Masculine and feminine endings rarely sing together (the rhyme lands on a different beat), so they're kept apart here.

 vowel AO coda R
5
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels (if any) are identical.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

cat / hat — same AE vowel, same T ending

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
borerscorersnorer
3 syllables
explorerrestorer
mosaic rhyme
for her13before her1or her1
48
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical, with one extra consonant on one side.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

love / loved — extra D on one side

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
corner1order12border8quarter2torture4former1porter1shorter1warmer2corder1mortar1torpor1yorker1boardercorkercourserdormerforgermourner
3 syllables
reporter1disorder2recorder2camcorder1absorberendorserenforcerexporterheadquarterhindquarterimporterinformerperformerreformer
5 syllables
underperformer
mosaic rhyme
door there1war for1shore for1nor there1
500
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are the same.
  2. The consonants after the vowel are not phonetically related.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

love / dot — both AH, but V and T have nothing in common

Assonance rhymes always have consonants after the vowels, but the consonants cannot be phonetically related.

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
story19glory22stories2forest4boring3foreign1laura1orange4warrantchorus6moralwarren1lauren1roaring2Lawrence1norastorageMorrisroryFlorencesnoringpouring1boriscoral2flooring2forests2Taurus2warring2cory1aura1borin1florists1fora1foreigns1forrest1gorey1gory1laurel1laurels1laurent1lorry1maury1mora1morals1morra1norah1oral1oro1porridge1quarrel1quarrels1scoring1soaring1storing1laurieauralauras1borersboricchloratechlorateschloridechlorideschlorinechlorineschoralchoralschoricchorused6Coracorals2coreycoringCorinthcorriecorriesdoradoricdoriesdoringDorisdoryDvorakflorafloralfloralsfloras
3 syllables
Florida2warrior1gloria2warriors2dorothyglorious1corridor3coroner1origin1aurora3Morrison1Gomorrah2oranges2Oregon2coroners1corridors1decorum1exploring1fedora1fedoras1foreigners1ignoring1laureate1moralist1morally1moria1moribund1adoringAndorraAngoraangorasauroralauroras3balmoralbalmoralscaloricCamorrachlorophyllchlorophyllschoruses6chorusing6clitoriscoraclecoraclescorrelatesdecorums1deforestdeforestsdeploringdoloresdoriandoriansdysphoricencoringeuphoricexplorersFlorioforagesforagingforayingforeignerforested4foresterforestersforesting4forestriesforestry
4 syllables
authority2territory2authorities2Victoriaadorable2prioritymajority1memorial1laboratory1historical1purgatory1mandatory1notorious1brontosaurus1cacciatore1euphoria1salvatore1statutory1tutorials1allegoriesallegoryarborealauditorycategoriescategory
5 syllables
editorial1accusatoryadmonitoryadvertorialadvertorialsaleatoryallegoricalambulatoriesambulatoryauditoriumauditoriumsbaccalaureatebaccalaureatescelebratorycephalosporincephalosporinscirculatory
6 syllables
ambassadorialanticipatoryarticulatoryconciliatory
7 syllables
17
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels (if any) are identical.
  3. The syllables begin the same — repetition, not a rhyme.
How it feels

Off the rhyme scale — identity is repetition, not resolution. Shown so you can spot it, not reach for it.

Example

fuse / confuse — both stressed syllables are 'fuse'

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
1 syllable
hoar
2 syllables
Horace1horrors1whoring1hoaryhorridHorusabhorLahore
3 syllables
horrible2horribly1abhorrenceabhorrentabhorringHorowitz
4 syllables
abhorrences

“horror” at line end — from real songs

I feel for you, you little horrorNo lucky break for you around the corner
— Richard Thompson, “The End of the Rainbow” · rhymes horror / corner

How to read the 553 results

Tiers follow Pat Pattison's stability scale — pick the resolution your line needs, not just the closest sound. Bold words are common in lyrics; a struck-through word with a cliché flag is an overworked pair; a vermilion dot counts how often the pair appears at line end in our corpus of real songs.

Perfect rhyme 5
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 48
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 500
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 16
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.